More Chances To Win! Bird of the week is now becoming Bird of the Day! Beginning Monday, February 1, 2010, we will switch from Bird of the Week to Bird of the Day. The winner will get 1,000 Bird eClub points and his or her bird’s photo will be in the spotlight all day.

01/27/2010 01:01.16 PM

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Hi From Pogo!Please listen to Pogo's story in hopes that you will learn some lifesaving info. One day, Pogo was sitting on top of his cage. He was sitting up there on the door, and we thought it was so cute he could sit up there for a while. Well, around 5 minutes later, we saw that he had chewed off a piece of metal that holds the top together. We were worried, but we would have never DREAMED it was LEAD of all things! We started giving him bird charcoal, Ornabac, peanut butter, peanuts, and lots of calcium to try to get the lead to pass, because we heard that lead poisoning can be treated at home if the bird didn't eat much. A few days later I came home from a game and Pogo was falling off his perch. He was quickly going downhill. We rushed him to the only avian vet in the area (it was lucky that she was even in her office at 11:00 pm) and he was started on shots. We gave him 3 a day for 8 days and he also had to eat some other medicine. He had to be hand fed because he just didn't have the strength to eat pellets. He has almost fully recovered, but now his feet are curled up and he can't perch very well (he just balances). Sometimes he has occasional seizures, and we keep shots on hand just in case. PLEASE don't underestimate the power of lead or zinc, and if any bird gets poisoned, take them to the vet immediately! Curing them at home DOES NOT WORK! Please listen to this. Thanks and birdy kisses from POGO!

Hi MargaritaCharlie the quaker here. Wanted to say hi and leave you a vote you are a beautiful little lovie. My mom has a lovie that doesn't like being held at all but she still loves her to pieces. My mom also said she loves to drink Strawberry Margaritas lol. She is a crazy mom sometimes. Hope we can be friends. Have a good one.

Hello from Slate and MicaHey friend, You are sooo pretty, (sigh)Slate and Mica here, thanks for the vote and the blog. We are having a great time on BC and at our new home. Daddy had to chase us down the hall today because we LOVE to explore. .We even tried to escape through the food dish hole in our cage..hehe.It was great fun visiting with Fortune and Patrick today..They were good to us. well, V4U Slate and Mica (DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR MAXIMILLIAN FOR BOTW)

Fortune Vote for MAXIMILLIAN for BOTWHi Friend, Hopefully you will get this message, WE ARE VOTING FOR ALL OUE FRIENDS TODAY EVEN IF WE GET SQUAWKED. I am voting for you today as always, and I want to ask for a favor. Please go to Profile by NAME. Type in Maximillian. You will see "Maximillian : VOTE MAXI BOTW : HE IS A SENIOR BIRD is a 16-year-old Cockatiel from Joliet, IL. He has had his very own web page on Bird eClub for 1 year, 1 month and 24 days. " Thanks for any help you may be able to give him. His flock will be very grateful for your support. Hugs, Fortune and the flock

bly herewe had a nice weekend,mommy was giving us all privat cuddle time and i was sitting with daddy on the computer,mommy need to put up the pics on my page.it was very stormy here over the last few days.BC its latly a pain,always when we send notes,it squawk at us and we have to send it again and again,it take us forever to get all our notes out.its a bit better today,but it still squawks at us from time to time.hope you have a great monday.hit the votie thingy for you.BLY

Hey Margarita!You are such a cutie....you look like my friend Lime...She's a lovey too. Just wanted to fly by and say welcome to the channel...its a great place to make friends and learn lots.... Well off to nibble at the voty button....fly by for a visit sometime...

Hello from The Konawa Oklahoma GangHi Friends, Lonnie here with news from the flock. This has been a great day unless you tried to blog. We are going around voting for all our friends fast and furiously....Maybe someone willl get to read this and know that we still love you all. Fortune has gone outdoors with his flight harness two days in a row. He has Oklahoma wind blown pics to prove it. hehe. No teil eggs ever hatched..must not be fertile. Cotton Ball and the Lovies now have their own pages. Patrick is being very good and Mommy is happy with all of us. Votes for all. Lonnie, Fortune, Patrick, Slate,Mica and Cotton Ball.

Hi from Buddy!!Welcome to BC!!!We are having trouble leaving messages so don't think we aren't friendly!!!A lot of the regular greeting committee are frustrated because we are getting kicked off! Here's a vote!!!

Hello from The Konawa Oklahoma GangLonnie is helping us learn what to say. Thank you and a vote for you all. We are happy to be on the BC. It made my mommy so happy to see that you were right there to greet us. Yeah. We love our new home. Mommu is trying to blog all our friends, but mostly she is getting squawked today. We are going V for everyone we can..whether we get to blog or not. Slate, Mica and the rest of our flock

Hello from The Konawa Oklahoma GangLonnie is helping us learn what to say. Thank you and a vote for you all. We are happy to be on the BC. It made my mommy so happy to see that you were right there to greet us. Yeah. We love our new home. Mommu is trying to blog all our friends, but mostly she is getting squawked today. We are going V for everyone we can..whether we get to blog or not. Slate, Mica and the rest of our flock

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